Geosphere-Biosphere Interactions and Climate - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521183936 ISBN 13: 9780521183932

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

Geosphere-Biosphere Interactions and Climate brings together many of the world's leading environmental scientists to discuss the interaction between the geosphere/biosphere and climate. The volume was first published in 2002 and arises from a working group of the prestigious Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the International Geosphere–Biosphere Programme. The chapters give an excellent summary of the understanding of the climate and environment by understanding Earth's past, human influence on the climate, a description of climate and its relation to the Earth's surface, ocean, and atmosphere, and future predictions of climate variability. This volume will be invaluable for researchers and graduate students in climate studies who wish to gain a multidisciplinary perspective of our current understanding of the interaction between the geosphere/biosphere and climate.

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Review

"It is written clearly and accessibly...This edited volume is uniquely multidisciplinary and is far better written and organized than typical hardcover collections of papers from climate workshops...It succeeds in providing our climate science community with a valuable and engaging current view of our understanding of how the Earth's coupled climate system functioned in the past and how we may expect it to behave in the near future." Bulletin of the AMS

"The authors of the chapters are all highly respected scientists, and this volume thus represents a valuable integration of scientific thinking and research." Choice

"The contributions span the full range of information and utility.... The book offers a wonderful chance for a glimpse of some distinguished scholars and their interpretations of the current biophysical status of the Earth." The Quarterly Review of Biology

Book Description

This 2002 volume brings together many of the world's leading environmental scientists for a excellent discussion of the interaction between the geosphere/biosphere and climate. It will be invaluable for researchers and graduate students in climate studies who wish to gain a current multidisciplinary perspective of research in this topic.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0521183936
• ISBN 13: 9780521183932
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Bengtsson Lennart O.